Ethnicity and patterns of spondyloarthritis in South Africa - Analysis of 100 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2195-2200

  Burch, Vanessa C ^a   Isaacs, Sedick ^b   Kalla, Asgar A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Black Africans; HLA B27; South Africa; Spondyloarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GOLD; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032862282     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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